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A History of India, Vol. 1

by Romila Thapar • 1990

How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.

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🎬 Film Criticism 📖 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Postmodernism 📡 Media Theory 🕶️ Hyperreality

A History of India, Vol. 1

How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.

by Romila Thapar 1990 384 pages

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🎬 Film Criticism 📖 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Postmodernism 📡 Media Theory 🕶️ Hyperreality

How Not to Fit In

by Jess Joy • 2024

Late autism or ADHD diagnosis: how to unmask, rest, and rebuild on your brain's terms.

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🕰️ Late Diagnosis 🎭 Masking And Unmasking ♿ Social Model Of Disability 🧰 Executive Dysfunction 🌈 Queer Neurodivergence

How Not to Fit In

Late autism or ADHD diagnosis: how to unmask, rest, and rebuild on your brain's terms.

by Jess Joy 2024 323 pages

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🕰️ Late Diagnosis 🎭 Masking And Unmasking ♿ Social Model Of Disability 🧰 Executive Dysfunction 🌈 Queer Neurodivergence

The Ultimate Guide to CRM Apps

by Matthew Guay • 2014

How to pick a CRM your team won't abandon, and automate the busywork around it.

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🖥️ Crm Systems 📊 Sales Operations ⚙️ Workflow Automation 👥 Team Adoption 🔍 Software Selection

The Ultimate Guide to CRM Apps

How to pick a CRM your team won't abandon, and automate the busywork around it.

by Matthew Guay 2014 134 pages

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15 ratings

🖥️ Crm Systems 📊 Sales Operations ⚙️ Workflow Automation 👥 Team Adoption 🔍 Software Selection

To Forgive Design

by Henry Petroski • 2012

The safest bridges and planes are designed by studying the ones that fell down.

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🏗️ Structural Engineering 🔍 Forensic Engineering 💭 Design Philosophy 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture

To Forgive Design

The safest bridges and planes are designed by studying the ones that fell down.

by Henry Petroski 2012 432 pages

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🏗️ Structural Engineering 🔍 Forensic Engineering 💭 Design Philosophy 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture

The Instant Millionaire

by Mark Fisher • 1997

A childhood among taxidermied animals prepared her for the absurdity of adulthood and anxiety.

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🧠 Anxiety Memoir 😈 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Eccentric Family 🌻 Southern Memoir 🏠 Domestic Humor

The Instant Millionaire

A childhood among taxidermied animals prepared her for the absurdity of adulthood and anxiety.

by Mark Fisher 1997 136 pages

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🧠 Anxiety Memoir 😈 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Eccentric Family 🌻 Southern Memoir 🏠 Domestic Humor

The Western Illusion of Human Nature

by Marshall Sahlins • 2008

Turnover costs $43,000 per employee. The frontline leader's playbook for keeping your best people.

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💼 Employee Engagement 🏢 Workplace Culture 👥 Frontline Management 📊 Performance Management 🎯 Coaching At Work

The Western Illusion of Human Nature

Turnover costs $43,000 per employee. The frontline leader's playbook for keeping your best people.

by Marshall Sahlins 2008 112 pages

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💼 Employee Engagement 🏢 Workplace Culture 👥 Frontline Management 📊 Performance Management 🎯 Coaching At Work

The Man in the High Castle

by Mike Avila • 2019

A decade-long battle to adapt a cult novel, and the designers who built its fascist America.

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🎬 Behind The Scenes 📖 Adaptation Studies 🕰️ Alternate History 🏛️ Fascist Aesthetics 🎨 Production Design

The Man in the High Castle

A decade-long battle to adapt a cult novel, and the designers who built its fascist America.

by Mike Avila 2019 192 pages

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13 ratings

🎬 Behind The Scenes 📖 Adaptation Studies 🕰️ Alternate History 🏛️ Fascist Aesthetics 🎨 Production Design

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

by Jenny Lawson • 2012

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

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🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

by Jenny Lawson 2012 318 pages

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🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

Welcome to AuDHD

by Megan Griffith • 2025

Autism wants order; ADHD wants stimulation. Stop fighting your brain and start working with it.

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🧠 Autism And Adhd 👂 Sensory Processing 🎭 Masking And Unmasking ⚖️ Disability Justice 💼 Workplace Accommodations

Welcome to AuDHD

Autism wants order; ADHD wants stimulation. Stop fighting your brain and start working with it.

by Megan Griffith 2025 208 pages

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256 ratings

🧠 Autism And Adhd 👂 Sensory Processing 🎭 Masking And Unmasking ⚖️ Disability Justice 💼 Workplace Accommodations

Bruce Lee

by Bruce Lee • 2001

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

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🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir ☢️ Cold War Culture 🚬 Teenage Rebellion

Bruce Lee

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

by Bruce Lee 2001 288 pages

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🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir ☢️ Cold War Culture 🚬 Teenage Rebellion

The Trials of Harry S. Truman

by Jeffrey Frank • 2022

Kept in the dark by FDR, an ordinary Missourian inherited the bomb, Stalin, and Korea.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War Origins ☢️ Nuclear Age 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🛡️ Containment Policy

The Trials of Harry S. Truman

Kept in the dark by FDR, an ordinary Missourian inherited the bomb, Stalin, and Korea.

by Jeffrey Frank 2022 576 pages

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500+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War Origins ☢️ Nuclear Age 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🛡️ Containment Policy

The Power Elite

by C. Wright Mills • 1956

Corporate wealth, military brass, and political appointees run a closed circuit; the public watches.

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🏛️ Elite Studies 🗳️ Political Sociology 🤖 Mass Society Critique 💣 Military-Industrial Complex 🏢 Corporate Power

The Power Elite

Corporate wealth, military brass, and political appointees run a closed circuit; the public watches.

by C. Wright Mills 1956 448 pages

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🏛️ Elite Studies 🗳️ Political Sociology 🤖 Mass Society Critique 💣 Military-Industrial Complex 🏢 Corporate Power

The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Workbook

by Melisa Robichaud • 2015

You're not a worrier: you're allergic to uncertainty. A CBT workbook that rewires the reaction.

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🧠 CBT 😟 Anxiety Disorders 🌀 Generalized Anxiety 💭 Worry Management 🧪 Exposure Therapy

The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Workbook

You're not a worrier: you're allergic to uncertainty. A CBT workbook that rewires the reaction.

by Melisa Robichaud 2015 272 pages

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259 ratings

🧠 CBT 😟 Anxiety Disorders 🌀 Generalized Anxiety 💭 Worry Management 🧪 Exposure Therapy

Imaginal Love

by Tom Cheetham • 2015

A twelfth-century shift locked consciousness inside the skull, and only imagination breaks it out.

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🧠 Depth Psychology 🌑 Islamic Mysticism ✨ Imagination As Cognition 📜 Spiritual Hermeneutics ⚗️ Alchemical Psychology

Imaginal Love

A twelfth-century shift locked consciousness inside the skull, and only imagination breaks it out.

by Tom Cheetham 2015 149 pages

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91 ratings

🧠 Depth Psychology 🌑 Islamic Mysticism ✨ Imagination As Cognition 📜 Spiritual Hermeneutics ⚗️ Alchemical Psychology

Release It!

by Michael T. Nygard • 2007

QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems 🛡️ Fault Tolerance ✅ Production Readiness 🔥 Chaos Engineering

Release It!

QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.

by Michael T. Nygard 2007 350 pages

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems 🛡️ Fault Tolerance ✅ Production Readiness 🔥 Chaos Engineering

The Psychology of the Child

by Jean Piaget • 1972

His master warned that literacy would ruin him. He learned anyway, and it did.

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📖 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 📚 Self-Education 💪 Physical Resistance 🙏 Religious Hypocrisy

The Psychology of the Child

His master warned that literacy would ruin him. He learned anyway, and it did.

by Jean Piaget 1972 192 pages

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📖 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 📚 Self-Education 💪 Physical Resistance 🙏 Religious Hypocrisy

The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life

by Boyd Varty • 2014

Find purpose like a lion tracker: ignore the big picture, follow one footprint, trust the silence.

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🧭 Purpose And Calling 🌿 Nature-Based Wisdom 👂 Inner Listening 🌊 Flow State 🫀 Body Intuition

The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life

Find purpose like a lion tracker: ignore the big picture, follow one footprint, trust the silence.

by Boyd Varty 2014 160 pages

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🧭 Purpose And Calling 🌿 Nature-Based Wisdom 👂 Inner Listening 🌊 Flow State 🫀 Body Intuition

The Living Company

by Arie de Geus • 1997

Average company lifespan: 12.5 years. The 700-year survivors share instincts most managers suppress.

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🏫 Learning Organization 🔮 Scenario Planning ⏳ Corporate Longevity 🌱 Living Systems 💡 Knowledge Economy

The Living Company

Average company lifespan: 12.5 years. The 700-year survivors share instincts most managers suppress.

by Arie de Geus 1997 240 pages

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264 ratings

🏫 Learning Organization 🔮 Scenario Planning ⏳ Corporate Longevity 🌱 Living Systems 💡 Knowledge Economy

Snatched from the flames

by Nathan Reynolds • 2018

Bred into an occult bloodline and trained to kill, he buried his shattered selves for 27 years.

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🕯️ Ritual Abuse ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🧩 Dissociative Identity Disorder 🧠 Mind Control 🌳 Generational Trauma

Snatched from the flames

Bred into an occult bloodline and trained to kill, he buried his shattered selves for 27 years.

by Nathan Reynolds 2018 340 pages

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144 ratings

🕯️ Ritual Abuse ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🧩 Dissociative Identity Disorder 🧠 Mind Control 🌳 Generational Trauma

Programming Javascript Applications

by Eric Elliott • 2014

Your chronic pain isn't damage. It's a misalignment your muscles can fix, no surgery required.

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🩹 Chronic Pain 📐 Body Alignment 🔬 Pain Science 🏋️ Corrective Exercise 🦴 Musculoskeletal Health

Programming Javascript Applications

Your chronic pain isn't damage. It's a misalignment your muscles can fix, no surgery required.

by Eric Elliott 2014 300 pages

3.63

160 ratings

🩹 Chronic Pain 📐 Body Alignment 🔬 Pain Science 🏋️ Corrective Exercise 🦴 Musculoskeletal Health

Speed

by Vaclav Smil • 2025

From geological drift to digital overdrive: how speed explains everything, and why it's breaking us.

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🚀 Tech Acceleration 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚡ Energy History 🧬 Human Evolution 📉 Limits To Growth

Speed

From geological drift to digital overdrive: how speed explains everything, and why it's breaking us.

by Vaclav Smil 2025 352 pages

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29 ratings

🚀 Tech Acceleration 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚡ Energy History 🧬 Human Evolution 📉 Limits To Growth

What No One Tells You

by Alexandra Sacks • 2019

New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.

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🍼 New Motherhood 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 😕 Maternal Ambivalence 👍 Good Enough Parenting 🧳 Mental Load

What No One Tells You

New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.

by Alexandra Sacks 2019 400 pages

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🍼 New Motherhood 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 😕 Maternal Ambivalence 👍 Good Enough Parenting 🧳 Mental Load

Plato

by Plato

Jesus didn't exist. Early Christians worshiped a heavenly myth; the Gospels are Hebrew rewrites.

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📖 Biblical Criticism ✝️ Early Christianity 🧩 Christ Myth Theory 📜 Gospel Origins ✉️ Pauline Letters

Plato

Jesus didn't exist. Early Christians worshiped a heavenly myth; the Gospels are Hebrew rewrites.

by Plato 1848 pages

4.38

12k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Criticism ✝️ Early Christianity 🧩 Christ Myth Theory 📜 Gospel Origins ✉️ Pauline Letters

Masala Lab

by Krish Ashok • 2020

The science of Indian cooking: why water, heat, and acid matter more than your grandmother's recipe.

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🍛 Indian Cuisine 🔬 Food Science 🍳 Cooking Techniques 👃 Flavor Science 🧪 Modernist Cuisine

Masala Lab

The science of Indian cooking: why water, heat, and acid matter more than your grandmother's recipe.

by Krish Ashok 2020 280 pages

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3k+ ratings

🍛 Indian Cuisine 🔬 Food Science 🍳 Cooking Techniques 👃 Flavor Science 🧪 Modernist Cuisine

Hero City

by Prit Buttar • 2024

Germany designed a famine. Stalin designed a cover-up. Leningrad's siege between two tyrannies.

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⚔️ Eastern Front 🪖 Soviet Military History 🏰 Siege Warfare 🌲 Partisan Warfare 🚫 Stalinist Repression

Hero City

Germany designed a famine. Stalin designed a cover-up. Leningrad's siege between two tyrannies.

by Prit Buttar 2024 464 pages

4.47

34 ratings

⚔️ Eastern Front 🪖 Soviet Military History 🏰 Siege Warfare 🌲 Partisan Warfare 🚫 Stalinist Repression

The Angel Inside

by Chris Widener • 2007

Michelangelo defied his father to sculpt David; this guide uses his story to find fulfilling work.

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🔄 Career Reinvention 📖 Modern Parable ✨ Finding Your Calling 🎨 Renaissance Wisdom 🔨 Personal Mastery

The Angel Inside

Michelangelo defied his father to sculpt David; this guide uses his story to find fulfilling work.

by Chris Widener 2007 128 pages

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413 ratings

🔄 Career Reinvention 📖 Modern Parable ✨ Finding Your Calling 🎨 Renaissance Wisdom 🔨 Personal Mastery

Sociology

by Steve Bruce • 2000

Simplicity sells, black and white wins, and hourly billing loses. A logo designer's manual.

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🎯 Logo Design 🏷️ Brand Identity 📝 Design Process 💰 Value-Based Pricing ✏️ Sketching

Sociology

Simplicity sells, black and white wins, and hourly billing loses. A logo designer's manual.

by Steve Bruce 2000 128 pages

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500+ ratings

🎯 Logo Design 🏷️ Brand Identity 📝 Design Process 💰 Value-Based Pricing ✏️ Sketching

The Idealist

by Nina Munk • 2013

The $120-per-person plan to end poverty in Africa: why it failed, village by village.

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📈 Development Economics 🌍 Foreign Aid 🏛️ Top-Down Planning 🪤 Poverty Traps 🔄 Aid Dependency

The Idealist

The $120-per-person plan to end poverty in Africa: why it failed, village by village.

by Nina Munk 2013 272 pages

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1k+ ratings

📈 Development Economics 🌍 Foreign Aid 🏛️ Top-Down Planning 🪤 Poverty Traps 🔄 Aid Dependency

Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad

by Cassandra Dee • 2017

Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.

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🎭 Fantasy Parody 🪞 Meta Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Deconstruction 🔍 Trope Deconstruction 🎨 Color Coded Morality

Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad

Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.

by Cassandra Dee 2017 174 pages

3.34

500+ ratings

🎭 Fantasy Parody 🪞 Meta Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Deconstruction 🔍 Trope Deconstruction 🎨 Color Coded Morality

Mob Rules

by Louis Ferrante • 2011

A former mobster unpacks the Mafia's playbook: loyalty, favors, and surviving your own success.

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🏛️ Organizational Politics 🧠 Street-Smart Business 🤝 Relationship Capital ⚖️ Conflict Resolution 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset

Mob Rules

A former mobster unpacks the Mafia's playbook: loyalty, favors, and surviving your own success.

by Louis Ferrante 2011 272 pages

3.82

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Organizational Politics 🧠 Street-Smart Business 🤝 Relationship Capital ⚖️ Conflict Resolution 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset

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